#E4E2C6#E4E2C6

#E4E2C6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.037 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E4E2C6
RGB	rgb(228, 226, 198)
HSL	hsl(56, 36%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 13%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 13.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -4.00, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 14.51, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.7% -0.0088 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(90.7% 0.037 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.3833, 74.9645, 64.2296)
Luminance	0.7496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E4E2C6 #C6C8E4

analogous

#E4D3C6 #E4E2C6 #D7E4C6

triadic

#E4E2C6 #C6E4E2 #E2C6E4

tetradic

#E4E2C6 #C6E4D3 #C6C8E4 #E4C6D7

square

#E4E2C6 #C6E4D3 #C6C8E4 #E4C6D7

split-complementary

#E4E2C6 #C6D7E4 #D3C6E4

monochromatic

#BDB873 #D0CD9C #E4E2C6 #F5F4EA #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#E4E2C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#E4E2C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E4E2C6

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E4E2C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E4E2C6	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7E0C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8E1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e4e2c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 226, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.037 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecebd7',
    500: '#e4e2c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e4e2c6;
$custom-light: #ecebd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e4e2c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90699,
    "c": 0.03721,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E4E2C6

secondary

#9194BD

accent

#3FAF37

background

#FEFEFE

surface

#FDFDFB

border

#D5D5D4

text

#161614

muted

#848483

Preview Lab

Preview with #E4E2C6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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